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Extreme Weather and Melioidosis: An endemic tropical disease in Penampang district of Sabah, Malaysia

Journal of Health Research, 2023
Background: Melioidosis is a fatal, but preventable communicable disease that is endemic in several parts of the world, including the state of Sabah, Malaysia, which is located in the northern part of Borneo Island.
Sam Froze Jiee, Kai Joo Lim, Daryl Sin Choon Vui, Dina Peter Marius, Nurul Syafiqah Illyana, Anisah Jantim   +5 more
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Hepatic/splenic abscess and/or skin and soft tissue infection as predictors of melioidosis in children

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2019
Introduction: Melioidosis can have multiple organ involvement which can then mimic other infections. The aim of this study was to determine if there are any factors significantly associated with melioidosis which can inform diagnostic evaluations before
Supatjaree Chanvitan, Alan Geater, Kamolwish Laoprasopwattana   +2 more
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Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study of <i>Burkholderia pseudomallei</i> Seroreactivity Among Febrile Patients in Northernmost Vietnam: Near-Neighbor Bloodstream Isolates, Environmental Correlates, and Spatial Clustering. [PDF]

Geohealth
Abstract Melioidosis is a potentially fatal tropical disease caused by the environmentally mediated bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei. In Vietnam, melioidosis is not nationally reportable and little is known regarding its epidemiology and distribution in the northernmost mountainous provinces.
Metrailer MC, Le Quyen TT, Van Pham K, Luong TM, Jiranantasak T, Bluhm AP, Tuozzo FJ, Ha Hoang TT, Luong MH, Do BN, Pham TH, Harman MEA, Norris MH, Trung TT, Blackburn JK.   +14 more
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Neurologic Melioidosis [PDF]

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2013
Melioidosis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in northern Australia and Southeast Asia. Diagnosis is best made by isolation of Burkholderia pseudomallei from clinical specimens. A variety of clinical presentations are described, including neurologic disease.
Deuble, Martin, Aquilina, Chloe, Norton, Robert   +2 more
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Development of vaccines against burkholderia pseudomallei. [PDF]

, 2011
Burkholderia pseudomallei is a Gram-negative bacterium which is the causative agent of melioidosis, a disease which carries a high mortality and morbidity rate in endemic areas of South East Asia and Northern Australia.
Patel, Natasha, Easton, Anna, Easton, A, Richard W. Titball, Anna eEaston, Gregory J Bancroft, Natasha Patel, Conejero, L, De Reynal, Melanie, Titball, Richard W, Richard W Titball, Conejero, Laura, Natasha ePatel, De Reynal, M, Bancroft, GJ, Anna Easton, Laura Conejero, Bancroft, Gregory J, Laura eConejero, Titball, RW, Melanie eDeReynal, Patel, N, Gregory J. Bancroft, Melanie De Reynal   +23 more
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Melioidosis with a Pericardial Effusion, which Relapsed as a Chest Wall Abscess: A Rare Presentation [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2013
Melioidosis, which is caused by a soil saprophyte, Burkholderia pseudomallei, is most prevalent in the south–west coast of India. Although it is frequently seen in immunocompromised patients, melioidosis can occur in apparently normal individuals ...
Rashmi Teresa Mathai K., K. Sundara Bhat, Mohammed Ashraf, Mayank Sarawag, Kumar K.P.   +4 more
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Melioidosis

Journal of Association of Pulmonologist of Tamil Nadu, 2023
Melioidosis is caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, which is normally present in soil, endemic in the tropical and subtropical regions. It has a varied clinical presentation from presenting with acute symptoms and sepsis and rarely presenting as subacute to chronic disease.
H Ria Lawrence, Gayathri Anur Ramakrishnan   +1 more
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Phenotypic and Functional Characterization of Human Memory T Cell Responses to Burkholderia pseudomallei [PDF]

, 2009
Copyright: © 2009 Tippayawat et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and ...
Direk Limmathurotsakul, Suwannasaen, D, Sharon J Peacock, Ganjana Lertmemongkolchai, Titball, Richard W., Helen S Atkins, Tippayawat, Patcharaporn, Richard W Titball, Saenwongsa, Wipawee, Duangchan Suwannasaen, Chetchotisakd, Ploenchan, Chetchotisakd, P, Wipawee Saenwongsa, Jirawan Mahawantung, Philip L Felgner, Bancroft, Gregory J., Saenwongsa, W, Titball, RW, Atkins, Helen S, Mahawantung, J, Limmathurotsakul, Direk, Peacock, Sharon J., Limmathurotsakul, D, Mahawantung, Jirawan, Gregory J Bancroft, Suwannasaen, Duangchan, Peacock, SJ, Tippayawat, P, Atkins, HS, Titball, Richard W, Felgner, Philip L., Lertmemongkolchai, Ganjana, Felgner, Philip L, Ploenchan Chetchotisakd, Felgner, PL, Bancroft, GJ, Atkins, Helen S., Lertmemongkolchai, G, Bancroft, Gregory J, Peacock, Sharon J, Patcharaporn Tippayawat   +40 more
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Increased Von Willebrand factor, decreased ADAMTS13 and thrombocytopenia in melioidosis.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
BackgroundMelioidosis, caused by bioterror treat agent Burkholderia pseudomallei, is an important cause of community-acquired Gram-negative sepsis in Southeast Asia and Northern Australia.
Emma Birnie, Gavin C K W Koh, Ester C Löwenberg, Joost C M Meijers, Rapeephan R Maude, Nicholas P J Day, Sharon J Peacock, Tom van der Poll, W Joost Wiersinga   +8 more
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Emergence of Melioidosis in Indonesia and Today’s Challenges

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2018
A recent modeling study estimated that there could be as many as 20,000 human melioidosis cases per year in Indonesia, with around 10,000 potential deaths annually. Nonetheless, the true burden of melioidosis in Indonesia is still unknown.
Patricia M. Tauran, Sri Wahyunie, Farahanna Saad, Andaru Dahesihdewi, Mahrany Graciella, Munawir Muhammad, Delly Chipta Lestari, Aryati Aryati, Ida Parwati, Tonny Loho, Dewi Indah Noviana Pratiwi, Vivi Keumala Mutiawati, Ricke Loesnihari, Dewi Anggraini, Siwipeni Irmawanti Rahayu, Wahyu Nawang Wulan, Ungke Antonjaya, David A. B. Dance, Bart J. Currie, Direk Limmathuthurotsakul, Mansyur Arif, Abu Tholib Aman, Ni Nyoman Sri Budayanti, Diah Iskandriati   +23 more
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